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Tango

Tango

AUG 9, 1985 · 6 MIN · DIR. HELKE MISSELWITZ

Documentary

A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies, art works, dance performances, historical footage, photographs of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century, and texts by Celedonio Flores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.

Cast

  • Helke Misselwitz

    Helke Misselwitz

    Narrator (voice)

  • Alejandro Quintana

    Narrator (voice)

Crew

Writer

Helke Misselwitz

Director of Photography

Gunther Becher

Director of Photography

Bernd Merten

Editor

Sieglinde Abraham